The blog
Notes from the back row.
Short essays on the ideas behind The Psychology of Stupid: ego, love, bureaucracy, therapy and why we keep doing what we do.
Why do we buy what celebrities sell?
If nobody admits to falling for celebrity endorsements, why do companies keep paying millions for them? Professor Stona’s first question has an uncomfortable answer.
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Are we all a little brain-damaged? Dualism and the bully trap
Why the world keeps splitting into bully and victim, us and them, and why the author thinks it may be built into our DNA.
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The Holy Trinity of Psychotherapy: feel, think, practice
Telling someone not to worry never works. What does work, according to four decades in the therapy room.
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Unbinding love: what comes after the passion fades
Mother Nature gives us passion, then attachment. Carmela’s story shows what comes next.
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The Peter Principle and the bureaucracy that eats everything
How organizations promote people to their level of incompetence, then build a system to hide it.
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What if we are all characters in a hologram?
The class finds out it is inside a book. What does it mean for something to be real?
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Why do we buy what celebrities sell?
If nobody admits to falling for celebrity endorsements, why do companies keep paying millions for them? Professor Stona’s first question has an uncomfortable answer.
Coming soon
Are we all a little brain-damaged? Dualism and the bully trap
Why the world keeps splitting into bully and victim, us and them, and why the author thinks it may be built into our DNA.
Coming soon
The Holy Trinity of Psychotherapy: feel, think, practice
Telling someone not to worry never works. What does work, according to four decades in the therapy room.
Coming soon
Unbinding love: what comes after the passion fades
Mother Nature gives us passion, then attachment. Carmela’s story shows what comes next.
Coming soon
The Peter Principle and the bureaucracy that eats everything
How organizations promote people to their level of incompetence, then build a system to hide it.
Coming soon
What if we are all characters in a hologram?
The class finds out it is inside a book. What does it mean for something to be real?
Coming soon
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